China leads in race for digital currency
China's central bank has made steady advances in its goal of launching the world's first major sovereign digital currency. As the EU begins prepping a digital euro, DW considers the impact of…
Central Bank of Nigeria to improve drive for non-oil exports
Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank says the apex banks development finance efforts have been driven by the need to reduce reliance on crude as smuggling and dumping over the years have led…
The race to lead the European Central Bank
Former European Central Bank Director General Francesco Papadia looks at the potential successors to Mario Draghi at the European Central Bank.…
Australia prints millions of typos on A$50 bill
Millions of A$50 banknotes in Australia have an embarrassing error that was overlooked by the country's central bank before they were printed and circulated.…
US Federal Reserve holds rates steady, cuts economic growth forecast
After a series of rises, the US central bank's policy meeting decided to hold interest rates in their current range. It also predicted a gloomier outlook for growth than that coming from…
Modi’s Governmenti gets $4 Billion cash from India’s Central Bank
Radhika Rao, economist at DBS Bank, talks about the decision of India’s central bank to approve an early transfer of a part of its profit to the government.…
Counting the cost of the US government shutdown
As the partial closure of the US government is set to become the longest ever, its immediate impact on the economy is negligible the American central banks says. But an extended shutdown…
Investors snub CBN auction, sells only N39bn worth of OMO bills
The Central Bank of Nigeria only sold 39 billion naira via an OMO auction on Wednesday although the total amount on offer was 100 billion naira.…
India’s central bank signals truce with government
India’s central bank signaled a compromise with the government by agreeing to study a demand for sharing a part of its capital. Mohan Guruswamy, a former finance ministry official and now chairman…
Libyans buy foreign currency after government-imposed measures
Libyans head to the banks to buy foreign currency through a bank card mechanism imposed by the Central Bank, a month after the U.N.-backed authorities imposed fees on foreign currency transactions.…
MTN moves to secure assets in Nigeria
South African Telecoms firm, MTN Group says it has applied to Nigeria's High Court to restrain the country's Central Bank and the Attorney General from taking further action over its assets in…